George scott



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G. SCOTT. STORE COUNTER STOOL.

Patented J'u gmvewl oz W8 messes UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE soorr, or MONTREAL, UEBEC, CANADA, ASSIG-NOR or mam TO FREDERICKEDVARD PHELAN, PFYxfi-AME PLACE. i b

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' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Bax-tent No. 385,962, dated July10, 1888.

- 'A umnbn filed April 14. 1888.

To all whom'it-rnay concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE ScoTT, of the city of Montreal, inthedistrict of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have inventedcertain new and usefullmprovement in Store OIl-DEQI'StOOlS; and I dohereby dec are. that the following is a. full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

My invention relatesto the seats usually placed in frontof the countersin retail stores, and is intended to 'provide'stools which will not takeup floor-space when not in use, are

' not connected with the counter;front, and will allow ladies occupyingthem to sit up closely to the counter .in any position withoutinconvenience.

The invention may be briefly described as follows: A casting comprisinga short hollow vertical hub and a foot-plate is seguired to thefloorindependently of the counter? On this hub is slipped asleeve, whichforms the eye of the curved bracket or standard, on the endof which theseat'is mounted. The sleeve and hub are covered by a cap, and the wholeis secured together by a screwed bolt passing down into the floori' Thelower portion of the bracket carrying theseat' is curved, and rests,when swung out, on the foot-plate, which is :preferably provided on itsedge with a ridge, highest in the center. The upper end of the bracketis forked, and to'it is pivoted the seat.- On one side of the bracket isarranged a stop device, and on the other a locking-bar, holding the seatin place. 1 v I For full comprehension of the invention reference mustbe had to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view, partly IIISECUIOD, with the bracketswung out and seat ready for use; Fig. 2, a side view, with bracketturned steal No. 270.673. mamas.)

upon which the curved lower part ofthe 5o bracket B rests when it isswung out.

B is the sleeve, cast home with the bracket and slipped in place on thehub A. (J is the capcovering the upper ends of these, and D a boltpassing downthrough the center of A and screwed into the floor.

The upper end of the bracket B is forked, as shown at B B in Figs. 1 and4, and to it'is secured the seat, as will now be described.

E is the seat proper, of any usual type, and 0 I E a plate underneathit, from which project downward two lugs, e e.

F is the pivot-pin running through'these and connecting the seat E withits supportB.

G is a dog or lug projecting downward from 6 the plate E and coming incontact with a stop,

G. formed on the standard or bracket B.

H is a curved locking-bar pivoted to the lugs h h, formed on the underside of'E at a point opposite to the dog and stopG G. This bar H isconstructed with a recess, H, so that when itis drawn through the slot Bin the bracket B it will be automatically locked in place, as shown inFig. 5. By raising the end of the locking-bar it can be released and theseat turned over to the position. shown in Fig. 2. v

As will be seen, the sleeve B is not of the same height asthe hub A, aspace corresponding to the rise in the ridge a being left between ,80

it and the cap, and the bracket on being swung out will bear on theridge with increasing friction as it approaches the center. By thisconstruction of the standard on which the bracket is carried theleverage caused by the weight edge resting on the foot-plate will throwthe 0 strain on the hub,'but in an upward direction,

and this strain will be fully met by the cap f and bolt.

What I claim is as follows:.

1. In a store-counter stool, and in combina- 5 tion, the hollow hub andfoot-plate attached to floor, the sleeve slipped on over hub and made inone, with horizontal and upwardlycurved bracket resting on foot-plateand carry- 1 jection from one side of bracket, and a curved :0 ing seat,the cap covering the hub and sleeve, locking-bar pivoted to seat andwith its free and bolt passing down through cap and hub end passingthrough slot in bracket and lookinto floor, all as herein set forth, andfor the ing seat in place by gravity, all substantially purposesdescribed. as herein described.

2. In a store-counter stool, the combination, I GEO. SCOTT.

with the seat pivoted to the forked arm ofa I \Vitnesses: ibracket-support, of a dog projecting down XVM. P. MCFEAT, from underside of seat and resting on pro- FRED. J. SEARS.

